Work & commute · Lake Byron

Work & commute in Lake Byron, SD

Most working residents leave Lake Byron for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Huron (35%), Sioux Falls (10%) and Aberdeen (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 63 Lake Byron residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Byron.

63live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Byron goes to work

Huron16.3 mi away

35%22

Sioux Falls101.3 mi away

10%6

Aberdeen62.1 mi away

5%3

Alpena30.4 mi away

3%2

Brookings70.1 mi away

3%2

Pierre108.1 mi away

3%2

Lyons89.1 mi away

3%2

Liberty8.7 mi away

3%2

Foster13.3 mi away

3%2

Valley12.1 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%18

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lake Byron commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

51%

10%

37%

3%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Byron is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Byron are

13 jobs are based in Lake Byron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Byron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Byron

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lake Byron residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−32%

Jobs based in Lake Byron, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 13. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.